For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognisable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. In a narrow medical sense, Down's syndrome is a common disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromos…
For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognizable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. This book looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferers from Medieval Europe to the present day. In a narrow medical sen…
Topics and purpose of this bookIntroductionThe ontology, phylogeny and clinical importance of muscle variation seen in the light of the myology of human aneuploid syndromesTable 1 - Examples of muscle variations and their clinical correlations in karyotipically normal humansTris…
"In our world, David will never be able to "earn it." He'll never make a lot of money. He'll never be "important." He'll never have a "big job" or own his own home. By any measure in our society and culture, he won't be "successful." In Perfect, author John, T. Wagner tells the …
The author writes about his son Jamie, a child born with Down syndrome, telling the story of his son's development during the first four years of life, discussing issues that affect Jamie and other people perceived to be disabled, such as I.Q. testing and health care, and medita…
The author writes about his son Jamie, a child born with Down syndrome, telling the story of his son's development during the first four years of life, discussing issues that affect Jamie and other people perceived to be disabled, such as I.Q. testing and health care, and medita…
Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and a position as a tenured professor at Columbia University. Everything changed with the birth of her second child, Henry. Just minutes …
Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and a position as a tenured professor at Columbia University. Everything changed with the birth of her second child, Henry. Just minutes …
